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For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
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Ornate Snipe Fly (Chrysopilus ornatus)
Species
Chrysopilus ornatus
- Ornate Snipe Fly
Classification
Kingdom
Animalia (Animals)
Phylum
Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum
Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class
Insecta (Insects)
Order
Diptera (Flies)
No Taxon
(Orthorrhapha)
Infraorder
Tabanomorpha
Family
Rhagionidae (Snipe Flies)
Genus
Chrysopilus
Species
ornatus
(Ornate Snipe Fly)
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Chrysopilus ornatus
(
Say
, 1823)
Explanation of Names
Chryso is Greek for gold; pilus is Latin for hair. Ornatus is Latin for adorned.
Numbers
One of 32 Nearctic species in the genus.
Size
male: 11-13 mm; female: 14-17 mm (
American Insects
)
Season
Spring. May-July (North Carolina).
See Also
Chrysopilus fasciatus
Print References
Brimley, p. 330
(
1
)
Marshall, p. 445--color photo
(
2
)
Eaton and Kaufman, p. 286-287, color photo
(
3
)
Works Cited
1.
Insects of North Carolina
C.S. Brimley. 1938. North Carolina Department of Agriculture.
2.
Insects: Their Natural History And Diversity: With a Photographic Guide to Insects of Eastern North America
Stephen A. Marshall. 2006. Firefly Books Ltd.
3.
Kaufman Field Guide to Insects of North America
Eric Eaton, Kenn Kaufman. 2006. Houghton Mifflin.
Contributed by
tom murray
on 26 June, 2005 - 8:47pm
Additional contributions by
cotinis
,
Stephen_WV
Last updated 20 October, 2020 - 10:23am